a notebook of film photography

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What is it about this place that saps the spirit? Is it the heat and humidity? The fast pace of life, the efficiency, the commodification of creative content? The pleonastic ‘free gift,’ the sense of entitlement, the offense often taken? The less-than-subtle flavoring indicative of a lack of natural resources? The lack of solitude, anonymity, and space? There’s balm/fuel, of course: Access to an enormous collection of books at the public libary. The occasional stirring film, concert, performance, or exhibit. Plus, that very efficiency will get you […]

December 2015 – From an afternoon spent lazing around Monky + K’s living room with a Contax 159mm. In keeping with my intentions for this blog, I’ve resized the scans, but have otherwise held off tweaking them. The camera was gifted to me last year, along with a Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.7 and a casual warning I ignored. My first test roll was OK; I was eager to shoot a second. Didn’t run into any problems until the following […]